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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Martin Buber

German-Jewish philosopher Prof. Martin Buber teaching a class at Hebrew University in 1949. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
January 28, 2025, 7:40 pm
Newly found letter shows Martin Buber’s concern over the fate of Polish Jews in 1945
On February 5, 1945, some Hebrew University scholars launched an appeal to fellow faculty members encouraging them to mobilize for European Jews
By Rossella Tercatin
A New York Times reviewer called Paul Mendes-Flohr's 2019 book 'Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent' a 'scrupulously researched, perceptive biography' of the German Jewish philosopher. (Wikipedia; Yale University Press via JTA)
October 30, 2024, 3:46 am
Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83
A scholar of modern Jewish intellectual history, philosophy and religious thought, he edited and wrote 62 books and taught for 30 years at Hebrew University
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Martin Buber in his Jerusalem study, 1963. (Courtesy of the Martin Buber Literary Estate)
January 13, 2020, 4:04 am
Childhood trauma may have led to Martin Buber’s cerebral trust in higher power
In ‘Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent,’ Hebrew University prof Paul Mendes-Flohr delves into famed Jewish philosopher’s spirituality and complex relationship with Zionism
By JP O’ Malley
Martin Buber (wikimedia commons public domain)
April 27, 2016, 5:09 am
Former senator cites Martin Buber on marriage equality
Harris Wofford, who was married to a woman he loved for 50 years, now has a husband
By Ron Kampeas
Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- the Dick Clark of his generation? (photo credit: Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP)
September 29, 2013, 11:54 am
Multitalented Gordon-Levitt kicks it up a notch
Safe to say the former 3rd Rock star is one of the only filmmakers to invoke the name of philosopher Martin Buber while promoting a movie
By Jocelyn Noveck
Edgar Feuchtwanger, right, with co-author Bertil Scali, observed Hitler's rise to power from close by, then fled Munich with his family after Kristallnacht. (Courtesy of Editions Michel Lafon)
January 11, 2013, 1:30 am
Former Jewish refugee recalls his neighbor from hell: Hitler
After years of hesitation, 88-year-old Edgar Feuchtwanger decided to record his memories of growing up across the street from the Nazi tyrant
By Rebecca Benhamou
David N. Myers
November 19, 2012, 11:45 am
David N. Myers
Response to Gordis: a simplistic misreading of history
Rabbi Brous’s message reflects a long tradition of harmony between Zionist and universal ideals
Right to left: Jakob Staszevski, Tyson Herberger and Rebecca Herberger at Kalatowki Lodge in southern Poland, Sept. 6, 2012. (photo credit: Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
September 17, 2012, 9:30 pm
In the woods of Poland, to the sound of a shofar
Eastern European Jews go out to the wilds to contemplate the relationship between man and nature
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Binyamin (left) and Martin Buber, two members of Brit Shalom (photo credit: The David B. Keidan Collection of Digital Images/Wikimedia Commons)
July 27, 2012, 3:08 pm
What would Buber, Scholem and Arendt say today?
A young group of activists are trying to revive an 80-year-old idea for a peaceful utopia in Jerusalem. The only thing missing is Arabs
By Elhanan Miller
Shaul Magid
May 11, 2012, 2:16 pm
Shaul Magid
Peace partners? A question for the ‘pragmatic’ right
Claims that “there is no partner for peace” and “only the right can bring peace” may have been true in their time, but today they’ve lost their validity; so what’s holding Israel’s right back from pursuing the two-state solution it ostensibly embraces?
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